Siemens staff give up their time to help patients and visitors at Lincoln County Hospital

Staff from gas turbine manufacturer, Siemens, have been volunteering to meet patients and visitors at Lincoln County Hospital. Pictured from left is volunteer ULHT volunteer Eric Hall, Julie Hannam and ULHT volunteer Paul Cartwright.

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Staff from gas turbine manufacturer, Siemens, have been volunteering to meet patients and visitors at Lincoln County Hospital.

Siemens encourages its staff to take part in local volunteering opportunities and 10 employees decided to try their hand at volunterring for United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust has launched its new ‘meet and greet’ corridor guide initiative, which sees volunteers stationed at mobile hubs around its hospitals, to help point patients and visitors in the right direction.

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Nigel Johnson, head of engineering at Siemens in Lincoln said: “It’s a great way to give something back. Every year, each of our 1,500 employees are given two volunteering days to get involved with the local community.

“It’s part of our corporate social responsibility programme and commitment to ensure we are supporting a sustainable future for coming generations, with respect to the environment, our business and society.

“We’re delighted to be involved with ULHT and it’s excellent to see members of our team enjoying the opportunity to make a difference as volunteers.”

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Siemens worker Julie Hannam was one of the first to sign up to help ULHT.

“I’m a really sociable and friendly person and I thought it was a great thing to do,” she said.

“I was greeting people and asking them if I could help before they got to main reception and people are so appreciative of the assistance and guidance to the different clinics.”

On the first day of launching the new ‘meet and greeters’ at Lincoln County Hospital, the volunteers helped 197 patients and visitors as well as handing out information packs to a number of people interested in becoming volunteers.